we call it a flexible urbanism.t's something that can respond to the pace of our contemporary culture. things happen quickly and we are gauging in all different content. >> six new businesses will share space with them on this lot. this vacant lot will one day host a beer garden. there be nine pop up retail businesses all in containers that are as easy to take down to put up. and taking them down is exactly what the city expects them to do at the end of their four-year lease. >> it's an interesting compromise, being temporary. it's rethinking what a retail environment looks and feels like. >> costing from $7,000 to $40,000 to fix up the containers and $2,000 to month to lease one. >> a plan to put san francisco's garbage on trash train out of town. it will save the city millions but raising environment questions. >>> san francisco's trash may soon be taking a train trip. dump contract is ending and they are shopping for a new deal. rail plan will save millions of dollars and help the environment but as dan ashley re

hard-earned money for savings and retirement, it is essential that this regulatory regime urban comprehensive yet flexibleenough to meet changing market and investor needs as well as to enable product innovation. during the financial crisis, funds and their investors receptor to many the the of the same challenges as other financial institutions. funds perform quite well during this period with but a few exceptions. a few short-term bond funds had exposures to mortgage-backed securities that cause them to suffer unexpected losses. a number of closed end funds had in preferred securities that suffered auction failures in early 2008 resulting in those securities becoming illiquid and losing value. money market funds have liquidity pricing and credit issues that affected them during this reid. the industry was quite supportive of their money market funds with over 25 advisers providing liquidity and other financial support to over 100 money market funds. while only one money market fund broke the buck, some extraordinary steps are taken by the treasury and the federal reserve to stabilize this area. since th

urban parks on street corners. i support a unified national park system but n.p.s. should develop flexible standards that take into account the unique circumstances and population of individual parks. and changing conditions throughout the country. in keeping with congressional recognition of those conservation -- of both conservation and recreation as primary reasons for our parks. the neighborhood parks in the district of columbia, for example, serve a very different function from yellowstone. dupont circle park is a central urban community meeting place in the district, not a place for enjoying the greenery of nature as much as we love our parks. for that purpose. on any given day, you will find people playing chess, sunbathing, playing frizz bee, or passing out flyers. madam speaker, i have come to the floor because i have tried unsuccessfully to get the park service to make small adaptations, perfectly compatible with their mission, to allow for the people in the parks in my own district, and i am certain that other members have found similar roadblocks, for example, the park service

flexibility. we don't want e.p.a. or any other agency to decide how to prioritize funding, then we should pass real bills and frankly they did exactly the right thing in moving forward with this urban water initiative. that's where the need is. furthermore, denying funds to urban watersheds where a majority of our population lives because of a dist dislike for all things e.p.a. is -- a dislike for all things e.p.a. is simply unfair to all these communities. object a bipartisan basis we've worked together to provide needed funding for rural water programs. we agree that should be a priority. but we should also show the same level of commitment to the urban waters initiative. this program will also capitalize on work being done through e.p.a.'s broader geographic programs such as chest peek bay and lake pontchartrain. these are two very critical water bodies that are in dange -- are endangered. i don't think i need to get into the extent of the endangerment of chesapeake bay and certainly not lake pontchartrain. imagine, just think back to what happened in new orleans just a few years ago. this offset is from the management account of the bureau of land management which is adequately